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Friday, March 23, 2007

Kid Pics goes Jack [Warner] Crazy

Beloved blog fans, here is some more Kid Pics material for ya. If the Disney art didn't scare you enough, there will be much more of that later (snicker). On a sidenote, I did make some observations...not only was Kid Pics a division of Amvest Video, but also of Videofidelity Inc., which itself was a division of Audiofidelity Inc. (whew!). Audiofidelity, from the light online research I've done, seems to have been a huge corporation re-hashing all sorts of music and video material through the years. My next project is to track down the people behind this conglomeration.Enjoy.

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That is by far the worst drawing of Bugs Bunny I have ever seen in my entire life. Look at the glove leaning against the wall. They didn't even separate the fingers and there is no cuff. Now look at the letter Daffy is holding. The fold makes no sense. And his beak looks like a half baked piece of garlic bread. Even if you can somehow get over how bad the drawings are, then you are left with the background. Which is the most god awful assortment of colors they could have possibly picked. But wait, throw in a deformed rectangle and text done by a retarded second grader and you win the prize for most shitty art to come out of 1980's VHS box art.

Amvest Video's flagship in the late 80s was their line of Grampa Presents tapes, featuring Al Lewis reprising his role of "Grampa" Munster. It's surprising they weren't also sued by Universal.

As strange as this sounds, I not only collect Amvest Video tapes, but I'm trying to put together a list of their releases. Is there anyway you could supply me with the tapes catalog numbers and the year they were released?

Levi, The King of Silent Cartoons and I have been compiling lists like these for years.

Grampa Amvest Tapes:Night of the Living Dead Little Shop of Horrors The Terror Devil Bat Horror Hotel The Ape Man Frankenstein's Daughter Godzilla Vs. MegalonWhite Zombie Ghosts on the LooseThe House of ExorcismThe Incredible Two-Headed Transplant Spider BabySpooks Run Wild Indestructable Man Corpse Vanishes Phantom from Space Who Killed Doc RobinKillers from Space Human MonsterScared to Death Vampire Bat Death Race 2000Phantom of the Opera Invisible Ghost Bride of the Gorilla Carnival of souls Witches Curse Snow CreatureBattle of the WorldsDementia 13 Alice Sweet AliceVampyrRadar Men from the Moon (Part I)Radar Men from the Moon (Part II)The Death Kiss Nosferatu Yog, Monster from Space (Space Amoeba) First Spaceship on VenusThe Crawling Eye Giant from the UnknownImmediate Disaster aka stranger from venusThe Last Woman on Earth The Living Head Mesa of Lost WomenMissile to the MoonMonster from Green Hell Nightmare Castle The Robot Vs. The Aztec MummyMars Attacks the WorldSatan's Satellites aka Zombies of the StratosphereThe Island MonsterWild Women of WongoWrestling Women Vs. The Aztec Mummy Climax / Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde She Demons Creature from the Haunted Sea The Ape The Phantom Creeps

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I’ve had an almost lifelong interest in early animation and silent film. With the help of this blog, I like to periodically share research and update surfers on what I’m doing in this crazy field that is always full of surprises.